The brothers, who spent several months of each year on a sailboat, would occasionally put down their homework and pick up a ...

What was combined was the rig needed to support the yard, which was suspended like the sprit of a Roman sprit-sail rig, and the awnings furling lines or brails in evidence on the Roman square-sail ...

Being down to earth, transparent and not listening to nay-sayers has helped get FastRig onto nuclear waste carrier ...

After 173 years of hurt, a yacht from Great Britain is aiming to win sailing's most prestigious competition for the first time when it competes in the America's Cup. Read more in our special in ...

An experimental NASA solar sail can be seen in the night sky as it orbits the Earth. NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) launched in April 2024 atop a Rocket Lab Electron rocket.

All four seasons of Black Sails are now available to stream on Netflix, with the complete series officially dropping on the ...

It sounds like science fiction. Ocean-going ships with no-one on board. But this vision of the future is coming - and sooner than you might think. You can glimpse it in a Norwegian fjord where a ...

Burns reworked this song around the year 1782. The air itself, ‘Corn Rigs’ was a popular choice for song writers, most notably Allan Ramsay who used it for ‘My Patie is a Lover Gay’ in his ...

The exploratory drilling was done by the Leiv Eiriksson semi-submersible rig owned by Ocean Rig UDW Inc. The rig is now heading for its new task in the other extreme of the globe in the Falkland ...

The first UK trial of a rigid sail that can be fitted on commercial ships to reduce their carbon footprint is under way in the Irish Sea. The sail being tested is more like an aircraft wing than ...

Joseph Malinowski, a 54-year-old Tampa resident known locally as "Lieutenant Dan," weathered Hurricane Milton aboard his small sailboat in Tampa Bay early Thursday morning. Despite the Category 3 ...

If you're angling for an affordable family cruise, you'll be happy to know that several major cruise lines let children sail for free (either regularly or during special promotions). Read on to ...